Photos: Chernobyl Nuclear Exclusion Zone

Pripyat Amusement Park

An overnight trip to the exclusion zone in October 2017, including the site of the nuclear reactor disaster, the Pripyat ghost city, abandoned villages, random Soviet military detritus. Read about the visit here.

Memorail at the New Safe Confinent structure at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Pripyat Amusement Park
On top of 16 story apartment block
Glass mosaic at the lakeside cafe
Duga 3 Radar Array
Radioactive Puppies of Chernoybl
Jupiter Factory
Jupiter Factory
Jupiter Factory
Prometheus Cinema
Pripyat Movie Theater
Lunch in the employee canteen at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
On top of 16 story apartment block
On top of 16 story apartment block
On top of 16 story apartment block
Primary School
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
Duga 3 Radar Array
On top of 10 story building at sunset
Pripyat Amusement Park
Pripyat Amusement Park
Pripyat Sports Center
Inside the Palace of Culture
Main square of Pripyat, the ghost city
Main square of Pripyat, the ghost city
Inside the maternity hospital
Inside the maternity hospital
Inside the maternity hospital
Inside the maternity hospital
52.81 millisieverts/hour!
Glass mosaic at the lakeside cafe
Pripyat City Marker
Inside the maternity hospital
Because putting pictures of your shoes online seems to be a thing
Kopachi village kindergarten
Kopachi village kindergarten
Hot spot registering 2.20
Memorial to the firefighters and other "liquidators" who responded to the disaster and ultimately died from radiation poisoning
Pipes are above ground in Chernobyl Town. Because, radiative dirt!
Chernobyle Town Cafe and Hotel
Holy Temple Ilininsky
Holy Temple Ilininsky
Holy Temple Ilininsky
Markers for each evacuated village in the exclusion zone
Radioactive Puppies of Chernoybl
Chernobyl Town Marker